week one 1100 words
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WEEK 1 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
voracious
indiscriminate
eminent
steeped
replete
READING WISELY
The youngster who reads voraciously, though indiscriminately, does not necessarily gain in wisdom over the teenager who is more selective in his reading choices. A young man who has read the life story of every eminent athlete of the twentieth century, or a coed who has steeped herself in every social-protest novel she can get her hands on, may very well be learning all there is to know in a very limited area. But books are replete with so many wonders that it is often discouraging to see bright young people limit their own experiences.
Sample Sentences On the basis of the above paragraph, try to use your new words in the following sentences. Occasionally it may be necessary to change the ending of a word; e.g., indiscriminately to indiscriminate.
1. The football game was with excitement and great plays.
2. The author received the Nobel Prize for literature.
3. My cousin is so in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
4. After skiing, I find that I have a appetite.
5. Modem warfare often results in the killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.
Definitions Now that you have seen and used the new words in sentences, and have the definitions Mon the tip of your tongue," try to pair the words with their meanings.
Find the correct word.
TODAY'S IDIOM
to eat humble pie-to admit your error and apologize
After his candidate had lost the election, the boastful
campaign manager had to eat humble pie.
WEEK 1 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
abound
technology
prognosticate
automaton
matron
SOLVING THE SERVANT PROBLEM
The worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders. Yet modern technology progresses so rapidly that what may be today's wild dream may be next year's kitchen appliance. A British scientist has prognosticated that within ten years every suburban matron will have her own robot servant. One task this domesticated automaton will not have to contend with will be scouring the oven because even today the newest ranges can be "programed" to reduce their own baked-on grime to easily disposed of ashes.
Sample Sentences Now that you've seen the words used in context, and-hopefully-have an idea of their meanings, try to use them in the following sentences. Remember that a won-ending may have to be changed.
1. The mayor refused to as to his margin of victory in the election.
2. The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by .
3. A clever salesman will always ask a if her mother is at home.
4. The western plains used to with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers.
5. Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific .
Definitions Test yourself now by matching the new words with the definitions. If you are not sure of yourself, cover the top half of this page before you begin.
Find the correct word.
TODAY'S IDIOM
a pig in a poke-an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment
The mail order bicycle that my nephew bought turned out to be a pig in
a poke, and he is now trying to get his money back.
WEEK 1 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
paradox
realm
annals
compound
tinge
IT'S A MAN'S WORLD
How paradoxical that the world's greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within women's realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete" with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge of rumor or scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.
(*replete-if you've forgotten the meaning, week1 day1)
Sample Sentences Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:
1. His gloom was now by the failing mark on his geometry test.
2. The of sports are replete" with the names of great black athletes.
3. One of the great of American life is that though minority groups have suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.
4. A of garlic is all that's necessary in most recipes.
5. The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his restricting him to the forest, which abounded" with wild animals.
Definitions If you are having trouble in picking the right definitions. it may be best not to do them in the order given, but to do the ones you are surest of first.
Find the correct word.
TODAY'S IDIOM
a flash in the pan-promising at the start but then disappointing
The rookie hit many home runs in spring training, but once
the season began he proved to be a flash in the pan.
WEEK 1 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
badger
implore
drudgery
interminable
perceive
HOW NOT TO GET YOUR WAY
It Is difficult to change someone's opinion by badgering him. The child who begs his mother to "get off his back" when she implores him for some assistance with the household drudgery, may very well plead interminably for some special privilege when he wants something for himself. How paradoxical" that neither is able to perceive that no one likes being nagged.
( paradoxical-studied previously, week1 day3)
Sample Sentences Getting the hang of it? Now go on to use the five new words In the following sentences-remember, past tenses may be required.
1. She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the of having to do it during the weekend.
2. The teacher continually the pupil for the missing assignments.
3. The eminent scientist difficulties In putting the Invention Into practice.
4. The sick child's mother the doctor to come Immediately.
5. I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an fifty minutes.
Definitions Pick the letter of the definition that matches your new word and write It In the answer space.
Find the correct word.
TODAY'S IDIOM
to pour oil on troubled waters-to make peace, to calm someone down
When I tried to pour oil on troubled waters, both the angry husband
and his wife stopped their quarrel and began to attack me.
WEEK 1 DAY 5
REVIEW
You have accomplished something worthwhile this week. In learning twenty useful words and four idioms, you have taken a step toward a greater mastery of our language. As a result of today's lesson, you will become aware of those words that require greater study on your part for complete success in these first lessons.
Take the following quiz by matching the best possible definition with the word you have studied. Write the letter that stands for that definition in the appropriate answer space.
Find the defintion of the words.
Find the definition of the words.
Find the idioms of the words.
